Morocco Ready to repeat the
success in Casablanca - Morocco Volleyball Federation
became ready to host the second successive US$15,000 FIVB Men's
Satellite Beach Volleyball Championship in Plage Ain Diab in Casablanca, Morocco July 21-24 July. Aiming to
repeat the great success of the last year's competition, the
federation helped by the promoters arranged the venue with a
bigger tribune to receive the increased capacity of volleyball
fans. The qualification tournament will be July 21 followed by a
16-team double elimination Main Draw. "We aim to improve more
than the last year's competition and to have more attendance of
spectators," said Morocco Volleyball Federation President
Abdelhadi Ghazali. "We hope to have more teams from
Africa as this will widespread the sport in more
zones especially in the western part of the continent. The
success of this satellite championship will help us to upgrade
our competition to SWATCH-FIVB World tours in future."
Morocco Volleyball federation Member and Chief of Communication
department, Mrs. Touria Aarab added that the "competition will
be a great chance for more widespread of the sport in the
country especially because we have long beaches by the
Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean."

The old city of Casablanca is
conveniently located — just off the main town square from where all avenues
radiate, and near the sea. But as you enter, you will see that it is not all
that old after all, that the houses here often have a form and size which would
have made them natural elements in the "new" parts of many other Moroccan
cities. But still, it is very nice, even if it is surprisingly small. The best
parts of the old city is made up of shopping areas, where all types of products
are sold, and you should not either miss out on the less visited quarters — the
areas where people live — where colours and shapes and curves brings you far
away from elegance of downtown Casablanca.